Wederkerend voornaamwoord en wederkerig voornaamwoord

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Reflexive pronoun

Wederkerend voornaamwoord

The cat is washing itself.

Reflexive pronoun

• I - myself:                         I hurt myself.
• You - yourself:               You ate all the food yourself.
• He - himself:                  He is talking to himself.
• She - herself:                 Emma did it by herself.
• It - itself:                          The lion can defend itself.

Reflexive pronoun

• We - ourselves:          We tested ourselves.
• You - yourselves:      Tim and Gerry, if you want milk,                                                                 help yourselves.
• They - themselves:  The band call themselves 'Dire Straits'.

Common Errors With Reflexive Pronouns

You don’t need reflexive pronouns with some verbs in English

Common errors are with the verbs “concentrate”, “feel”, “meet” and “relax”, where you don’t need a reflexive pronoun.

“I need to concentrate on this report.” (NOT “I need to concentrate myself”)

“She felt sad” (NOT “She felt herself sad”)

“They met for dinner” (NOT “They met themselves for dinner”)

“I want to relax on holiday” (NOT “I want to relax myself”)

You don’t need reflexive pronouns with verbs like “shower”, “wash”, etc.

This is because you normally do these activities on your own, and you don’t need to make it clear who does the activity.

“After showering, she got dressed”. (NOT “After showering herself…”)

If, though, you can’t do this activity yourself (because of ill health), you can use a reflexive pronoun to show that the situation is unusual:

“After she fell and broke her arm, she couldn’t wash or dress herself.”

Don’t underuse reflexive pronouns

If the subject and object are the same, you’ll probably need them.

“He told himself that he wouldn’t get the job” (NOT “He told he that…)

“I blamed myself for the mistake” (NOT “I blamed me for…”)

Don’t confuse reflexive pronouns with reciprocal pronouns

If you do the action to someone else (and not to you), you’ll need a reciprocal pronoun (“each other” / “one another”).

“They helped themselves.” (reflexive)

“They helped each other.” / “They helped one another” (reciprocal – they helped other people)

Robert made this shirt ...

1. himself
2. -
3. herself
4. themselves

Lisa did the homework ...

1. itself
2. herself
3. -
4. themselves

We helped ... to some crisps at the party

1. themselves
2. ourselves
3. myself
4. yourselves

Emma, did you take the photo by ...

1. yourself
2. herself
3. myself
4. themselves

Dave and Mike, can you do that ....?

1. yourself
2. himself
3. yourselves
4. -

My car can park ... automatically

1. myself
2. itself
3. himself
4. themselves

Some people learn to play the guitar ....

1. themself
2. yourself
3. -
4. themselves

I shave in the morning

The man dresses before he goes to work.

Bij sommige werkwoorden die je meestal ZELF doet gebruik je GEEN wederkerend voornaamwoord.

Fill in: I read about your uncle Ronny too. I had a friend who killed ... about some bitch who didn't want him.

Fill in: 'cause if you like the way you look that much baby you should go and love ...

Fill in: Sisters are doing it for ... standing on their own two feet

Fill in: It's just me ... and I. It's all all right until I die.

Fill in: Seduce ... with lies

Reciprocal pronoun

Wederkerig voornaamwoord

Reciprocal pronoun

Maria and Juan gave each other gold rings on their wedding day.

They married ....... last summer.

Maria and Juan kissed .......  at the end of the ceremony.

Terry and Jack were talking to each other in the hallway.

Terry and Jack hugged ........ when they said goodbye

The students congratulated one another after giving practice speeches..

Reciprocal pronoun

We use the reciprocal pronouns each other and one another when two or more people do the same thing. 

Traditionally, each other refers to two people and one another refers to more than two people, but this distinction is disappearing in modern English.

Fill in: Know that we still have ... ... you can stand under my umbrella

Finish this sentence: Can a baby recognize ...

WOULD YOU STAY IN A HOTEL WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR HAVING GHOSTS? WHAT ABOUT A HISTORY OF MURDERS? WHY (NOT)?

THE MAIN CHARACTER, LOUIS, SERVED_______________ A DRINK.

THE ALARM CLOCK RESETS ________________ TO 60:00.

HE STARTED WASHING HIS HANDS WHEN THE FAUCET STARTED DOING UNEXPECTED THINGS BY ______________.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? WOULD YOU SPEND THE NIGHT IN THIS ROOM BY ___________.

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